There is a figure on the upper floor of the British Museum that stops people in a way the labels never quite explain. It stands about two and a half metres tall, …
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The Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum: The Sculptures, the Nereid Monument and the Argument Over Where They Belong
by Bubblyby Bubbly 9 min readThere is one room in the British Museum where wonder and unease sit side by side. Room 18 is a long, top-lit hall lined with marble, and the carving in it is …
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Ancient Egypt at the British Museum: The Rosetta Stone, the Hall of Colossi, and a 5,500-Year-Old Murder
by Bubblyby Bubbly 11 min readThe British Museum in London holds one of the largest collections of Egyptian material anywhere outside Cairo, and you meet it on two floors. The monumental stone sits downstairs in the long …
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The British Museum in a Few Hours: The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Marbles, and the Frog Worth Coming Back For
by Bubblyby Bubbly 15 min readI have now been to the British Museum in London twice, in 2019 and again on a cold afternoon last November, and I still have not seen all of it. That is …
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Harrods at Christmas: Edwardian Tile Halls, Luxury Floors, and the Truth About Visiting in December
by Bubblyby Bubbly 20 min readHarrods in December is a different kind of crowded. Not the steady busy of a Saturday afternoon at a busy department store, where people are moving through with purpose. This is slow …
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Sea Containers London: Tom Dixon, a Brutalist Riverside Building, and Two Stays on the South Bank
by Bubblyby Bubbly 16 min readI have stayed at Sea Containers London twice. Once in 2019, when it was still in its first design era. Again this past December, just before Christmas. Both stays were in a …